Chapter 782 The So-Called Treasure <TOC> Chapter 784 Vanishing Into Thin Air
Translator: SumTLMan
Silver Palm Island.
As the gate, only existing in the consciousness of the Leviathan, was pried open a sliver, a gate-like apparition finally materialized beside the Leviathan. All the wizards present had their attention riveted on this gate.
It was only then that they began to believe the prior rumors. Perhaps, there truly existed a mysterious space here.
Each person’s gaze was enigmatic as they stared at the gate. Although it was currently just a sliver, they could already sense the ominous aura of death emanating from within.
What could this aura be indicative of?
Although a crack had appeared in the gate, neither the Florence hidden behind nor the Basket Witch made any immediate moves. At this moment, the gate was merely ajar, but they could sense that this was merely an illusory state, not the real gateway. Only when the gate was fully open would it be their time to act.
However, not all the wizards, despite their profound knowledge, understood this.
One self-proclaimed expert in transformation wielded his wand lightly, and all his flesh and blood condensed into a tiny mass, morphing into a buzzing mosquito.
With his diminished size after the transformation, he intended to seize the chaos to fly through the crack in the gate.
However, as he approached the edge of the gate, he realized that what they perceived as a tangible crack was, in fact, in an untouchable, mystical state.
The only one who could interact with the gate was still the Leviathan.
The wizard turned mosquito, feeling frustrated, had no choice but to return. However, his actions had inadvertently sown a tiny seed for what was to come.
The Leviathan sensed the wizard who had transformed into a mosquito.
Although the Leviathan was deemed a mindless sea beast in the words of the Basket Witch, in reality, the Leviathan, though inferior in mental senses, was not lacking in other aspects. Moreover, as the ruler of the deep sea, it possessed a beastly instinct that was highly sensitive to danger.
The wizard who excelled in the transformation spell, though not regarded highly by the Leviathan, made it realize one thing: the surroundings were not as safe as it had initially thought. There were extraordinary beings, like this mosquito, lurking in the shadows, silently observing him.
The Leviathan pondered over the strange voice that had mysteriously appeared in its ear previously. Perhaps, it was also an extraordinary being.
Given the latter’s impeccable control over the ocean, the Leviathan could imagine how powerful it could be.
If there were indeed such powerful beings peering from the sidelines, the Leviathan’s sense of caution was immediately heightened.
Originally, everyone had noticed that the Leviathan had been straining to tear open the illusionary gate. However, suddenly, its actions stuttered, and the speed of the tear slowed down. Moreover, the strength throughout its body gradually receded, not as forceful as before.
Its slowdown immediately drew the attention of everyone present.
Anyone with half a brain would understand that it was the doing of the wizard who had cast the transformation spell. However, they also lacked the right to blame him. They had noticed the fluctuations of the transformation spell earlier, but did not point it out, wanting to probe the reality of the gate’s crevice.
Now, given such a result, they could only say that what goes around comes around, and no one could blame anyone else.
“Nevertheless, it doesn’t matter. The crevice of the gate has already been opened. Even without the help of the Leviathan, the time to truly open the gate is nearing.” The one who spoke was Florence, who, after hiding for quite some time, finally revealed himself, appearing above the manta ray Brigitte.
However, the form that Florence revealed was still not his true body but a water elemental body made of seawater. Even so, the pressure on his body was in no way inferior to that of an ordinary wizard. Sirius, standing beside him, also faintly felt a sense of threat.
“Lord Sea God, without the help of the Leviathan, will the gate really open on its own… right ne?” Sirius revealed his figure, standing behind Florence.
Florence gave a faint hum, then said, “Even without the Leviathan, it’s destined to open one day. However, with the Leviathan’s tearing of the crevice earlier, we could expedite the day the gate opens.”
“I see.” Sirius paused for a moment: “However, the longer the time drags on, the more unfavorable it becomes. Internal and external troubles, too many changes.”
Florence gave a cold smile, “External trouble, are you referring to this motley crew that has gathered here? Even if they enter the mysterious space, they won’t know what the item is and where it is with the prophecy barrier in place.”
“As for internal trouble, haven’t you felt it? Although the crevice of the gate is only a little bit open, the dead silent aura inside won’t lie. It’s not an aura that has living things in it; it’s all dead things inside. There can’t be any internal trouble.”
Florence’s words were filled with conviction, and Sirius agreed with this statement.
However, they didn’t know that the “internal trouble” indeed existed, and at this time, the “internal trouble” – Angel, was still in that space, waiting for the opportunity to escape. The transformation spell wizard from before seemed to have only slowed down the Leviathan’s speed of opening the gate, without affecting the overall situation. What everyone didn’t know was that if it weren’t for the interference of the transformation spell wizard, the gate would have already been opened by now. Once they entered, Angel hiding inside would inevitably be exposed.
It was precisely this small seed that gave Angel a lifeline. Even Angel himself didn’t know that a reckless wizard outside the gate gave him a slim chance to escape.
And he seized this opportunity.
When Angel, who was in the pit, noticed the disappearance of the pupil behind the gate through the eyes of the scout puppet, he rushed out of the pit without hesitation, along with Toby.
However, as they emerged from the subterranean depths, an overpowering pressure loomed over them again.
Angel had intended to instantaneously reach the cliff through the gravity lines. But in the face of this intensified pressure, it was impossible for him to achieve that.
Fortunately, the pressure was only a restraint on them personally, and had no effect on the objects crafted through alchemy.
Angel extracted the Gondola from his bracelet, tucked Toby into his breast pocket, and activated the Gondola to fly towards the cliff.
However, it wasn’t long before he felt the sky’s gateway quake once more.
An unprecedented Omen Sign of danger warned Angel – the Leviathan’s attention was returning to him!
But now, having flown out of the pit, he couldn’t turn back, he could only grit his teeth and continue to push forward. Nevertheless, Angel comforted himself by surrounding the Gondola with nodes of illusion spells, transforming it into a shroud of darkness.
Self-hypnotizing, if I can’t see it through the dark mist, then it won’t see me either.
This unconscious maneuver by Angel, indeed, saved his life. At least, when the Leviathan shifted its gaze back to this space that it despised, it didn’t immediately identify what the rapidly fleeing dark mist in mid-air was.
This momentary confusion provided Angel with the final opportunity for a desperate struggle for survival.
At first, the Leviathan thought the rising dust was caused by an earthquake. It had noticed before that its movements could trigger strong tremors on the island inside.
But when the Leviathan observed that the dark mist continued to flee in mid-air, it realized something was amiss, also noticing strange energy fluctuations within the mist.
It didn’t know what was inside the mist, but it instinctively felt that the reason it had inexplicably become a gatekeeper might be related to the dark mist. After all, the mist was the only thing it had found in the space behind the gate that had the ability to move autonomously!
The anger that had gradually cooled due to the potential enemies surrounding it from the outside world suddenly flared up again!
The Leviathan let out a roar that echoed through the sky, then focused all its pressure on one point, aiming directly at the dark mist in mid-air.
Under the Leviathan’s deliberate attack, the dark mist “unresistingly” plummeted downwards.
Angel was in immense discomfort at this point, the pain surpassing even that he had felt when he was shocked by Isabella’s pressure in Silent Ridge, his organs churned inside him.
However, despite the extreme discomfort, Angel still managed to curl his lips into a smirk.
Even though he was discovered by the Leviathan and was falling downwards, he had already scaled the cliff. The so-called “falling” was nothing more than him desperately controlling the Gondola, putting on a performance for the Leviathan.
The moment the Gondola landed, Angel swiftly pocketed it into his bracelet.
By deliberately controlling the direction of his fall, Angel’s landing spot was conveniently near the hidden cave beneath the cliff.
The cliff face, after a previous monumental earthquake, had clearly suffered a landslide. Massive debris and boulders had reformed the coastal landscape.
Fortunately, the cave remained intact, and no fallen rocks blocked the entrance!
Rolling and scrambling, Angel managed to control the Dark Night Flyover on his feet, resisting the immense pressure and flying into the cave.
When Angel saw the wall inscribed with the teleportation formation unscathed, he finally let out a sigh of relief.
Feeling the fluctuations of the surrounding spatial energy, thankfully, the Leviathan had been focusing its pressure on him and had not continued to attack the gate. Thus, the spatial energy of the island remained relatively stable.
“Thank the River of Destiny!” In this critical moment, Angel unconsciously bowed his head to the unknown destiny. If any part of his escape plan had gone wrong, he might not have been able to reach here.
Enduring the immense pain in his body, Angel chanted the secret incantation for Soul Whisper in his mind. As his soul left his body, looking at the glowing teleportation formation, he finally managed a smile.
Because the teleportation formation was opened bidirectionally, and the entrance to Snowlay Garden needed the bloodline of Lucas to open, there was no longer a need for a bloodline integration on this side. All he needed to do was to place the magic crystal correctly into the center of the magic energy formation, and the passage back to Snowlay Garden would open.
However, the prerequisite remained the same – the magic energy formation would only appear in a soul state.
Angel took out the prepared magic crystal and integrated it into the magic energy formation.
When the vortex of the teleportation passage appeared, he took Toby and rushed in without hesitation.
Suddenly losing its target, the Leviathan felt something was amiss. It clearly sensed a wave of spatial energy dissipating into the unknown far beyond the gate. With a little inference, it could guess that this spatial energy was probably the target it had been suppressing!
The Leviathan roared loudly, angrily slamming against the gate. The small island inside trembled again, and the spatial energy once more began to violently concentrate and churn. However, it was too late.
Chapter 782 The So-Called Treasure <TOC> Chapter 784 Vanishing Into Thin Air